Four Remembrance Scholars are among the Syracuse University students and alumni to receive Fulbright Student Awards or be named as Fulbright alternates for the 2020-21 cycle. Overall, 10 Syracuse University students received awards through the Fulbright U.S. Student Program. Another ten students were chosen as alternates. This year, a record 44 Syracuse University students applied to the Fulbright U.S. Student Program and 29 were named as semifinalists.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, most recipients will begin their placements after Jan. 1, 2021, contingent on travel advisories lifting.

The Remembrance Scholars among this year’s recipients and alternates are:

Fulbright recipient

• Leah Garlock ’16, a communications design graduate from the College of Visual and Performing Arts, ETA, South Korea

Fulbright alternates:

• Adam Bayer ’20, an information management and technology major in the School of Information Studies, a philosophy major in the College of Arts and Sciences and a member of the Renée Crown University Honors Program, ETA, Greenland;
• Taylor Krzeminski ’20, a citizenship and civic engagement major in the Maxwell School, an international relations major in the College of Arts and Sciences and the Maxwell School and a member of the Renée Crown University Honors Program, ETA, Lithuania; and
• Azarius Williams ’20, a finance major in the Whitman School and a sociology major in the College of Arts and Sciences and the Maxwell School, research grant, Cambodia.

Learn more about the program and this year’s recipients in today’s article from Syracuse University News.